Boxer Arrested With Gun at JFK Airport

Robert Guerrero poses at Westside Boxing Club in Los Angeles in November 2012. The boxer was arrested at JFK airport Thursday morning for criminal possession of a weapon.

The boxer Robert Guerrero was arrested Thursday morning at John F. Kennedy International Airport for criminal possession of a weapon after attempting to check handgun on a Delta Airlines flight, authorities said.

The .40-caliber semiautomatic wasn’t loaded, and Guerrero, 30 years old, wasn’t carrying any ammunition, said a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. He was arrested after airline staff notified Port Authority police.

Nicknamed “The Ghost,” Guerrero is a multi-division world champion with a 31-1-1 record, including 18 knockouts, and has a reputation as a tough and talented fighter. He was traveling Thursday morning to Las Vegas, where he is scheduled to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. in May.

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